Computer architects

For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore's law into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore's law has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including a decrease in dependability due to physical faults. In this book, we focus on the dependability challenge and the fault tolerance solutions that architects are developing to overcome it.

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The study of parallel computing is just about as old as that of computing
itself. Indeed, the early machine architects and programmers (neither category
would have described themselves in these terms) recognised no such
delineations in their work, although the natural human predilection for
describing any process as a sequence of operations on a series of variables
soon entrenched this philosophy as the basis of all normal systems.

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P1: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults.

Multicast and group security (Artech house computer security series) is a handbook for engineers, architects and other practitioners working in the field of Internet security. It presents detailed coverage of security technologies and techniques for IP (Internet protocol) multicast networks from the leading developer of the standards. It also examines important security issues relating to other group communication technologies. Algorithms and protocols for multi-party secure communication are included.

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P2: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P10: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P3: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P4: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P6: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P12: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P5: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P7: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P8: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P9: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults

Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture-P13: For many years, most computer architects have pursued one primary goal: performance. Architects
have translated the ever-increasing abundance of ever-faster transistors provided by Moore’s law
into remarkable increases in performance. Recently, however, the bounty provided by Moore’s law
has been accompanied by several challenges that have arisen as devices have become smaller, including
a decrease in dependability due to physical faults